Street dances on Congress Ave.?
Apparently yes, in the 1950s there were street dances on Congress Avenue. The caption on this photo from the Village of Palm Springs says it was a street dance at 10th Avenue and Congress Avenue. Click on the image for a larger version.
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An astute reader of our historicpalmbeach.com Facebook fan page pointed out that the lighted sign in the background is a Publix sign. The MAR is part of “supermarket” and the IS, A, and LE are part of “IS A pLEasure.” Thanks John!
The deco signage looks like that for the proposed Publix in downtown Lake Worth. Very cool.
I am pretty sure the guitarist on the right is Bill Andy. He was a student at PBJC in 1958 and that “sort of” dates the photo.
Wow, I wonder if he’s still around here. We’ll try to check that out. Thanks!
That would make this further north of 10th ave on Congress, that Publix is still there.
The name of the Band was the Mystics. From left to right on platform, Jesse Lewis, Bass, Charles Cook, Lead Guitarist, Gary Settle, Rhythm Guitarist/Vocalist, Mike Schwenk, Lead Vocalist..Drummer not seen could have been John Kimberly.